Next Stop Broadway®
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A Summer Intensive for Theatre Lovers Ages 10-17
Back by popular demand! Next Stop Broadway® is returning to DPAC this summer from August 10-14, 2026.
Next Stop Broadway® is a week-long program consisting of classes, workshops, and rehearsals focused on classic Broadway shows. A staff of Broadway professionals teach participants songs and choreography from hit shows from the “Golden Age of Broadway,” and participants work together throughout the week to create unique skits. The program culminates with an “Opening Night” performance for family and friends on DPAC’s stage. This summer intensive encourages teamwork and is designed to teach the importance of building a strong Ensemble. All participants are part of the Ensemble; no auditions are required, and there are no “lead” roles. Previous theater experience is celebrated but not necessary, and anyone with an interest in the performing arts is welcome.
Our apologies, Next Stop Broadway® has reached capacity. You are invited to join our waitlist. If any spots become available, families will be contacted in the order names are received.
While the program is sold out, DPAC has reserved twenty spaces for scholarship recipients. With a grant from DPAC of over $13,000, twenty participants will receive fully paid scholarships to attend the program at no cost. Scholarship applications may be submitted at any time between now and March 1, 2026.
Next Stop Broadway Daily Schedule
Monday-Thursday:
- 8:30am-9am Arrival
- 9am-5pm Next Stop Broadway Classes, Workshops & Rehearsals
- 5pm Dismissal
Friday:
- 8:30am-9am Arrival
- 9am-5pm Next Stop Broadway Rehearsals
- 5pm-7pm "Opening Night" Performance
- 7pm-8pm Cast Party
Meet the Director, Tony Parise
Meet the Director, Tony Parise
Tony Parise began his professional theatrical career as a performer at the age of 10 in a production of OLIVER! with Sid Ceaser. He appeared in the first national tour of A CHORUS LINE, and was on Broadway in 42ND STREET, ME AND MY GIRL, and CITY OF ANGELS.
On the other side of the footlights, Mr. Parise has directed and/or choreographed HELLO, DOLLY starring Madeline Kahn, WHERE'S CHARLEY? starring Jo Sullivan and Emily Loesser, MAME, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, THE MUSIC MAN, CRAZY FOR YOU, DAMES AT SEA, ON THE 20TH CENTURY, FUNNY GIRL, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, OLIVER, CINDERELLA, SOUTH PACIFIC, and national companies of ANYTHING GOES, GREASE!, 42ND STREET and ME AND MY GIRL.
Off-Broadway credits include choreography for PIRATES OF PENZANCE, (Lucille Lortel Nomination), co-choreography for PAGEANT, movement for RAFT OF THE MEDUSA, and co-direction and staging for BALANCING ACT, by "Mr. Nunsense", Dan Goggin. Other New York credits include MACY'S 100th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION in Herald Sq., MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, and choreography for Bernadette Peters' Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall debuts.
Internationally, Mr. Parise has mounted companies of 42ND STREET in London, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea, ME AND MY GIRL in Mexico City, ANYTHING GOES at the Theater Des Westens in Berlin, and has choreographed for Italian TV in Milan.
Teaching credits include master classes throughout this country and abroad with such organizations as: AMDA, Boston Ballet, New Zealand School of Dance, and the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Tony created TAP! and TAP 2! for Fleet Boston's Family Music Series.
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